AAs --- DO THEY EVER STOP WORKING ?.
- Brian T
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AAs --- DO THEY EVER STOP WORKING ?.
This past weekend we took a trip out to an open day at the Motor Transport Museum, in Descanso Ca , mostly big rigs in need of TLC, a few restos under way, with a half dozen AAs or A related items, they have an AA powered log splitter, it as not been run for a few years, they did stop running it on visiting days due to the fact it as been known to pitch a split log 50 plus feet or more, here are a few pics of the brute.
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- WOOD SPLITTER POWER TRAIN.JPG (45.5 KiB) Viewed 6374 times
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- WOOD SPLITTER PLAQUE.JPG (95.07 KiB) Viewed 6374 times
Nothing can be made fool proof, fools are ingenious bastards.
- Brian T
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Re: AAs --- DO THEY EVER STOP WORKING ?.
Some more pics. http://www.motortransportmuseum.org/
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- WOOD SPLITTER.JPG (41.21 KiB) Viewed 6372 times
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- WOOD SPLITTER 1.JPG (46.88 KiB) Viewed 6372 times
Nothing can be made fool proof, fools are ingenious bastards.
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Brian:
Thanks for sharing. I enjoy seeing how AA's were used other than just for hauling. I knew a gentleman (Carl Hoffmeister), deceased, that had a '30 or '31 AA with a huge ol' hydraulic wood-splitter mounted on it's rear. It was mounted directly to the frame. The hydraulic was powered from the truck's P.T.O. The last time I saw it was on Carl's ranch in the Upper Ojai (between Ojai and Santa Paula, Calif.) in the late 1990's. I know the truck has been sold and dismantled since then.
-- Drew
Thanks for sharing. I enjoy seeing how AA's were used other than just for hauling. I knew a gentleman (Carl Hoffmeister), deceased, that had a '30 or '31 AA with a huge ol' hydraulic wood-splitter mounted on it's rear. It was mounted directly to the frame. The hydraulic was powered from the truck's P.T.O. The last time I saw it was on Carl's ranch in the Upper Ojai (between Ojai and Santa Paula, Calif.) in the late 1990's. I know the truck has been sold and dismantled since then.
-- Drew
Drew Mashburn
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Re: AAs --- DO THEY EVER STOP WORKING ?.
Wonder what kind of safety restrictions OSHA would place on that log splitter.
Hey, your truck must have drawn a crowd. It really is nice!
Hey, your truck must have drawn a crowd. It really is nice!
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My wife grew up in Harbinson Canyon, we still have friends in the Canyon and in ElCajon, haven't been down there in a number of years. Hmmm, could I swing a trip to see our friends and visit that old museum Thats a long way from VA!!! Bill James
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That is a real nice truck. an old man told me over 40 years ago that if the engine turn it will run. just my 2 cents. I plan on still useing mine. after I restore it.
- Chris Haynes
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Re: AAs --- DO THEY EVER STOP WORKING ?.
As long as yer in the area don't miss The Gas and Steam Museum in Vista, CA just north of San Deigo.Bill James wrote:My wife grew up in Harbinson Canyon, we still have friends in the Canyon and in ElCajon, haven't been down there in a number of years. Hmmm, could I swing a trip to see our friends and visit that old museum Thats a long way from VA!!! Bill James
Lots of old machinery and trucks.
http://www.agsem.com/about-us.php